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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

IDIOCRACY: VP Joe Biden and his "Shotgun Jill" moment (ie: advice that will get you arrested or dead)

"I said, 'Jill, if there's ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony ... take that double-barrel shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house. You don't need an AR-15. It's harder to aim, it's harder to use and in fact, you don't need 30 rounds to protect yourself."

-Joe Biden

By Jon Summers2/20/2013

To me this shows how little Biden knows about handling a firearm and Laws in one sentence. Lets break it down *logically* a section at a time:

If someone is trying to break into your home the LAST thing you want to do is walk out on the balcony, or do anything to give away your position. Much less back yourself into a dead end with no cover.

Gun safety rules say to never shoot unless you are sure of your target ... so just "firing two blasts" into the air or anywhere else is patently unsafe, period.

It is illegal in most states to fire a "warning shot" or just to shoot into the air because it is, you guessed it, unsafe.

It is harder to aim? Lets see, you are a 5' 2" woman shooting a double barrel shotgun that kicks like a mule, only has two shots, really does not have a precision sight system at all, generally has a long 28" barrel (sometimes 30+ inches) and weighs 9 to 12lbs VS An AR-15 that was *designed* to not have much recoil, has 20 to 30 rounds, has a precision sight system, normally has a 18" barrel, and weighs around 8lbs.

You don't need X number of rounds to defend yourself? If you go and look at ANY study done on police shootings alone, you will see that it normally takes 17+ rounds to get ONE hit on a target. This is NOT like the movies folks! One shot is not an automatic hit! People dodge and move and stress makes it harder to aim.

Corollary to 5 that is another movie myth: You don't have to aim with a shotgun. Totally not true. Contrary to movie/popular belief a load of 00 Buck only has 8 pellets and at "normal house ranges" will only have a 2" pattern so you STILL HAVE TO AIM!

Again, safety. Contrary to popular belief a shotgun 00 Buck load will go through more drywall than a .223 bullet will. the .223 bullet is so small and light that it literally will disintegrate or lose much of its power after hitting two sheets of drywall....look it up... Shotgun 00 Buck penetrates MUCH more... as in 8 sheets of drywall more...

So lets see, on all levels this statement by Biden is full of fallacies, things that will get you hurt, or arrested and tossed in jail....

How can you legislate something that you *very obviously* have no idea what you are talking about on the subject?

True Hoplophobia, or the fear of guns, is a mental illness which, like other true phobias, incapacitates its victims with anxiety, shortness of breath, inability to think clearly and rationally. Obviously, we who are fearful of guns and their destructive power don't have true Hoplophobia. But we are still afraid. Why?

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PRO GUN QUOTES

Gun control:The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound. - L. Neil Smith

Gun control has not worked in D.C. The only people who have guns are criminals. We have the strictest gun laws in the nation and one of the highest murder rates. It's quicker to pull your Smith and Wesson than to dial 911 if you're being robbed. - Lieutenant Lowell Duckett, President Black Police Caucus, Special Assistant to Washington, D.C. Police Chief

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here? - Paul Harvey, 1994

Suppose the Second amendment said A well-educated electorate being necessary for self-governance in a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed. Is there anyone who would suggest that means only registered voters have a right to read? - Robert Levy, Georgetown University Professor

We should not blame a gun itself for any crime or any acts of violence, any more than we can blame a pen for misspelling a word. - Senator Bennett (R-UT), Congressional Record, 5/16/68

When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President of the United States

PRO GUN CONTROL QUOTES

For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.- James Brady

The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace.- Janet Reno

We need to stand firm on behalf of sensible gun control legislation. We have to enact laws that will keep guns out of the hand of children and criminals and mentally unbalanced persons.- Hillary Clinton

Without stronger, sensible gun laws, thousands upon thousands of people will continue to die and be injured needlessly each year.- Brady Campaign

We don't need any additional gun laws, we need to enforce the ones that we've got!- Anonymous

One third of all households with children younger than eighteen have a firearm-Brady Campaign

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an out-right ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here.-Senator Dianne Feinstein

This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!- Adolph Hitler